# Fractures at Tate & Lyle Grain, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019066467` · 6/26/2019 · WATSEKA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Agricultural and garden machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tate & Lyle Grain, Inc.
- **Location:** 212 W Oak Street, WATSEKA, ILLINOIS, 60970
- **NAICS:** 424510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing product from the bottom of a load-out hopper. The product was not flowing correctly from the hopper, so the employee tried to remove any obstructions. The electrically driven slide gate valve then closed on and crushed the employee's right forearm, fracturing it.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*